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...Tenure was originally invented to protect radical professors, those who challenged the accepted order," says fictional Professor of Psychometrics Angus M. McCrimmon to the young hero of the story, Marvin. But, he warns this academic errant...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: A Professor Tenured: | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

...Matt Lapin 3-7 0-0 9; Kit Mueller 3-5 3-3 9; Sean Jackson 4-6 0-0 12; George Leftwich 0-1 1-2 1; Jerry Doyle 2-3 5-5 9; Troy Hottenstein 2-4 1-1 5; Kelly McDowell 1-2 2-2 4; Marvin Williams 1-3 2-4 4; Chris Marquardt 0-2 0-0 0; Jimmy Lane 1-2 0-0 3; Chris Pavlic 1-1 0-0 2; Michael Silas...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Tigers Maul Green | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

Following Spider Woman will be works by, among others, songwriters Marvin Hamlisch and Jimmy Webb, novelist Erica Jong and playwrights Arthur Kopit, Marsha Norman and Peter Stone. Financial backers include Capital Cities/ABC, Columbia Artists Management and Jujamcyn, which owns five Broadway theaters. Investors have provided about a fourth of the first year's $10 million budget, with the balance projected to be earned in ticket sales, program advertising and merchandising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Seedlings | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, efforts to sell Bloomingdale's have been disappointing. Campeau hoped to get about $1.5 billion for the 17-store subsidiary when it went on the block last September, but experts say it may fetch less than $1 billion. The most prominent would-be buyer is Bloomingdale's Chairman, Marvin Traub, who has been seeking Japanese support for a bid for the firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Do You Spell Relief? Robert Campeau | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...tide of pop culture even swamps the high mountain ridge where sits the Retreat of the Kunoichi Attentives, a commune of women militantly opposed to male militarism. The library there contains hundreds of audiotapes, including The Chipmunks Sing Marvin Hamlisch. When a disciple commits a grievous offense against the rules of the order, she faces fearsome punishment, including "the Ordeal of the Thousand Broadway Show Tunes." As a rule, though, piped-in images are perceived as comforting. During her irregular childhood with Zoyd, Prairie sometimes wishes that she could be a member of "some family in a car, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Spores of Paranoia | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

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